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Lot 8
22.11.2022 16:00UTC +01:00
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€ 47 880
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 859324
Lot 8 | LUSTRE
Estimate value
€ 15 000 – 25 000
LUSTRE

PROBABLEMENT ALLEMAGNE, XVIIIe SIÈCLE

En ivoire d'éléphant tourné et sculpté, à six bras de lumière ; restaurations à certains bras

H.: 26,5 cm. (10 1/2 in.) ; D.: 28,5 cm. (11 1/4 in.)





Literature

Bibliographie comparative :

I. N. Ukhanova, Sculpter l’ivoire en Russie, XVIIIe-XIXe siècles, Saint-Pétersbourg, 1981, pp. 162-163 et fig. pp.160-161.

J. Bourne et V. Brett, L’art du luminaire, Paris,1992, p. 30, fig. 68.

J. Hein, Ivories and narwhal tusks at Rosenborg castle, vol. II, Copenhague, 2018, p. 107, no. 381 et p. 255, no. 471.



Special notice


Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
Veuillez noter que ce lot contient de l’ivoire d’éléphant. Avec son certificat intracommunautaire obtenu avant cette vente, il peut être exporté dans l’Union européenne. Il ne peut être exporté en dehors de l’Union européenne que si l’adjudicataire est un musée.

Please note that this lot contains elephant ivory. With its intra-community certificate obtained ahead of this sale, it can be exported within the European Union. It can only be exported outside of the European Union if the buyer is a museum.






Post lot text

A TURNED AND CARVED ELEPHANT IVORY SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER, PROBABLY GERMAN, 18th CENTURY
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